The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1887-12-07

Jones son.
The American Copyright league CON
demns the proposition for a stamp system
OF copyright
George J. Durham Of Kensington, Conn,
tried 10 murder his sister, and then killed
himself with paris green.
The del ate in the French chamber Of de-
puties on the budget for 1887 ended in a
triumph for the ministry.
a general reduction was posted in the
Para Rubber Shoe company's shops ut
South birmingham, Mass.
Friday, Dec. q.
Jake Sharp is out on $40, 900 bail.
Railway spring manufacturers have or
gained.
Eight families were made homeless by
fire in New York.
Mount Hoyoke seminary is to become a
college for women.
The fire in the Calumet and Hecla copper
mine is much worse.
Billy Dacey Of New York is willing to
fight DAILY Of Bangor for $500.
The actors fund benefit in New York
resulted in a profit OF over $3l56
The Strobridge Lithographng company's
building at Cincinnati was burned.
The discovery of gold mine on the Po-
tomac, near Washington, is reported.
The Christian Endeavor societies Of Bos-
ton met and formed union organization
A heavy northeast gale prevailed off
Cape Cod Wednesday night and Thursday.
A bronze statue Of the late President
Garfield was unveiled at Cincinnati yester-
day.
An attempt is being made to force
Premier Norquay of Manitoba from his
office.
Bays and coves on the Hudson, from
Albany to Cornwall, are entirely covered
with ice.
The English foreign office contradicts the
statement that the queen intends TO visit
San Reno.
Mr.. Blaine and his friends are said to have
no preference regarding the locality OF the
national convention.
Capt David Lynch Of New Brunswick
thinks he can produce boat smart enough
to capture the Americas cup
Saturday, Dec. 3.
Bradstreet's estimates the cotton crop at
%, 900 bales less than last year.
George II. Goldsmith is under arrest Mt
Ware, Mass, charged with felonous as
sault.
Congressman Collins of Boston is urged
for the Craftsmanship of the judiciary com
mittee.
Jem Carney makes formal demand for
the stake money in the match with Nc
Auliffe.
Judgments for 81 900, 900 were obtained
against Mrs. Sophronia Twitchell in court at
Brooklyn.
Bank Examiner Richards report for 1887
shows an increase Of $l,604,57 in the de-
posts in the Maine banks
Arthur O'Keefe, to ease his conscience,
has confessed the murder of a negro in
Philadelphia sixteen years ago.
Lord Salisbury denies Mr.. Bradlaughs
statement that he provided money in con
nection with meeting in Trafalgar square
in 1886.
Lord Mayor Sullivan Of Dublin, Ireland,
for printing reports of suppressed league
meetings has been sentenced to two months
imprisonment.
The London Standard relates that the
forged letters purporting to be from Bis
marck were sent to the car by friends Of
Prince Ferdinand
Reports from the fire in the Calumet &
Heca mine are to the effect that the situa-
ton has become very serious, and there is
talk OF flooding the mine
The Western Union Telegraph company
has appealed its case with the common
wealth Of Massachusetts concerning taxes
to the supreme court of the United States.
Sunday, Dec. =.
Fourteen Chinese gamblers were captured
in den on Harrison avenue, Boston.
The death of a boy in Philadelphia is at
tributed TO excessive smoking Of ciRarrts.
Twenty houses were destroyed and sew
eral lives lost by an earthquake In Gala
bria.
The channel telegraph is to be operated
by the English government and rates re-
duced
The Baroness Burdett Coutts has just re-
ceived n bequest of $1,000, 900 from
relative.
J. w. Gale g. Co, wholesale dry goods
merchants OF Toronto, have failed for
100000.
1t is reported that Riddebcrger attended
a caucus of Republican senators Saturday
night, and expressed his intention OF aiiil-
ating with the Republicans hereafter.
1t is understood that the position taken
before the fishery commission by the Cana
dian representative is that Canada will
yield to the Americans the inshore fisheries
and the right to buy bait and supplies in
Canadian ports, provided the Americans
will restore the reciprocity treaty Of 1854.
The state OF New York is about to en-
bark in the enterprise OF raising and keep
ing deer. Last year the legislature voted
$4,000 for the establishment OF a state deer
park in the Catskill mountains. and the for
est commission has designated Frank e.
Parker to take the matter ia hand.
Monday, Dec. 3.
Gail Hamilton has gone to England.
Talbot, the Newark impostor, has visited
the Hub.
The Servan skuptschina was opened by